Alessandro Ossola is studying trees in the Altadena and Palisades areas, trying to understand death, recovery and lessons for rebuilding after future wildfires.
Ph.D. student Anca Barcu has been recognized for leadership in promoting health and well-being among students, including awareness of resources and accessibility in her teaching.
Research from the lab of Dan Kliebenstein shows the fungus that causes grey mold "tastes” the difference between a strawberry and a tomato to tailor attacks on each plant's chemical defenses.
Mohsen Mesgaran will receive the 2026 Award of Excellence in Agricultural Research Innovation-Mid Career from AgInnovation-West for advancing early detection of high‑risk invasive species and pests.
Ph.D. candidate Matthew Davis and team in the lab of Grey Monroe found lab-based tissue culture leads to more somatic mutations and suggest ways to avoid this widespread problem in research settings.
Cover crops provide a variety of benefits. Keeping living plants in the soil year-round improves soil structure and nutrients, stimulates soil organisms and provides homes and food for pollinators and helpful insects such as ladybugs.
Brad Hanson, of the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences, is part of California's Broomrape Control Board, lending his expertise to control this deadly weed that threatens the processing tomato industry.
The Cammarisano Lab invites visitors to explore the future of indoor food production at this year’s Picnic Day exhibit. Then, take an example home! We have herb seedlings grown with controlled environment agriculture, or CEA
To celebrate Picnic Day, the Drakakaki Lab is giving away pistachio snacks and offering fun facts about the science of pistachios: how they are able to withstand salt and drought stress, exactly how that shell splits and more!
Scientists in the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences are developing cultivars of pasta wheat that resist the deadly fungus that causes stripe rust and threatens the world's wheat production. Resistant bread wheat is up next.
Retired professor and agronomist Robert “Bob” LeRoy Travis, Jr., was a UCD alum who taught at UC Davis from 1976-2006 and enjoyed a wide variety of hobbies.
Xiaofei Zhang, in the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences, has a federal grant to develop bread wheat that will grow short, but without the problems that come with short-stature wheat currently available.
